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June 20, 2012

Ales Bialiatski ill-treated in detention

Head of the Belarusian Human Rights Centre “Viasna” and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights, Ales Bialiatski, faces ill-treatment in detention.

June 18, 2012

Human rights in Belarus: conference in Geneva underlines systemic repression of critical voices

On 12 June, the Human Rights House Foundation organised a conference on the human rights situation in the Republic of Belarus. The conference exposed the systemic nature of human rights violations by the Belarusian Government.

June 17, 2012

Well-known Belarusian human rights defender Barys Zvozskau passed away

On the night of 16 June the first president of the Belarusian Human Rights House, a well-known Belarusian human rights defender, co-founder of Association “Legal Initiative”, “Belarusian human rights defender of the year-2008”, Barys Iharavich Zvozskau passed away after a long illness at the age of 63.

June 17, 2012

Imprisoned human rights defender Bialiatski penalised for the third time

Ales Bialiatski (right), Head of the Belarusian human rights center “Viasna” who is now serving a 4.5-year sentence in Babruisk colony, has been transferred to the category of “persistent violators”. This raises doubts that he might be released as a result of the 3 July amnesty.

June 11, 2012

Belarus is putting itself aside of the international community

In a joint report, the Belarusian Human Rights House and the Human Rights House Foundation underline the lack of willingness by the Belarusian authorities to fully cooperate with the United Nations human rights system. The report also stresses the consequences.

June 11, 2012

Liubou Kavaliova looks for her son’s notes that disappeared after execution

For over a month, Liubou Kavaliova (right), the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou who was executed for terrorism, has been waiting for a reply from the KGB detention facility in regard to her request about her son’s missing notes. She filed a complaint to the chairman of the KGB Vadzim Zaytsau.

June 8, 2012

Violent reactions against peaceful diversity and LGBT demonstrations

Peaceful demonstrations celebrating the 10th anniversary of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, and the International Day against Homophobia were met with violence and retaliation.

June 8, 2012

Human rights defenders conference on Belarus

Public conference on the human rights situation in the Republic of Belarus. Simultaneous Russian/English interpretation will be provided.

June 6, 2012

Former political prisoner Parfiankou sentenced to six months in prison

On 29 May 2012 former Belarusian political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou was found guilty of violating the terms of preventive supervision, and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.